More Plant Inventory

Here are a few more plants in the greenhouse.

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Brugmansia grandiflora bulbs that I got from Strange Wonderful Things (Ebay) 3 or 4 years ago.  They survive, but don’t thrive.  I top dressed them.  Maybe that will help.

Here is the potential they hold.  I should work harder to grow and bloom them!

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Here is a picture from years ago of what I believe is an Echinocactus.  It has HUGE flowers, but not every year.

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Another of the cactus collection, with large-ish flowers, though I don’t remember what color.  It hasn’t bloomed for a while.

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This was many years ago.  This cactus has grown substantially and it has grown horizontally, rather that upright.  The greenhouse doesn’t get enough sun to make cactus totally happy.  They survive, though, and they bloom sometimes.  This one gets rings of smallish cerise flowers around near the top.

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Here is a seedling succulent–now probably four years old (picture is two years old or so).

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Here is what Erepsia lacera looks like when it is happy.  I’ll have to work on finding out what it really likes.

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Here is the tropical succulent vine I’ve had in the greenhouse for ten years.  Brother Tim got a cutting from it to bloom one year on his hot balcony, and it bloomed once for me, too.  It has fringed tiny flowers like a mignonette and is sweetly fragrant.

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Here is a close-up of Albuca setosa bulbs.  I grew these bulbs from seed many years ago.  They bloom regularly

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One of the Plectranthus cuttings from years ago.  I have kept a couple of these going for many years–they have handsome leaves and they will bloom in the autumn if kept in the greenhouse all summer.

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This agave was smuggled from Spain when we came back from our trip 20+ years ago.  I want to send it to Lodi to cousin Brenda’s place–she can grow it in the ground and make it smile.

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Oxalis triangularis regnellii.  I’ve had these for many years and they are a wonderful plant that doesn’t ask for much and give double rewards with amazing leaf color and graceful flowers.

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These Dierama mixed hybrids are from seeds that I grew last year.  I have an affinity for these plants, but I’ve yet to get one large enough to bloom.  I’ll keep trying, though.

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Another mystery seedling that came up last year.  I think it is from seeds from Arizona.

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“Light of Buddha” Clivia that is really pot bound.  I’ll mix up some Clivia mix soon and pot on dozens of my seedlings.B1EF041A-F164-4EC9-9651-49659C8F7032_zpssg9t3i4t

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Persicaria capitata that brother Tim passed from Bette Higgins many years ago.  I have two pots of it–love the leaves and the flowers.  I can cut these way back and they only get better looking.

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Another brother Tim plant–this Chinese Wisteria has been with me for 20+ years.  This plant bloomed one time–maybe 15 years ago.  I remember it smelled like grape KoolAid.

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One of the smaller Rhodohypoxis baurii divisions.

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Tree peony seedlings.  The seeds were planted in 2013, but they came up last year, I think.

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Fern sporelings that came up around the greenhouse.  I like to grow these on a bit and then plant them under leggy plants like the shrubby geraniums and tree fuchsias.

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This seedling is labeled Libertia grandiflora.  I hope that is right.  Here is what it may look like someday:

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